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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Somerset Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land north of Cunningham Road & north-west of Drake Road, Wyndham Park, YEOVIL, BA21 5EY
Received Not publishedCallow Rock Quarry, Shipham Road, Cheddar, BS27 3DQ
Received Not publishedRuishton C of E Primary School, Newlands Road, Ruishton, TAUNTON, TA3 5LZ
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent to Millards Drove and Back Drove, Edington Heath, EDINGTON, Somerset
Received Not publishedSunnyside Farm, Kingsdon, SOMERTON, Somerset, TA11 7LJ
Received Not publishedKingston St Mary Primary School, Kingston St Mary, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 8JH
Received Not publishedSelworthy Special School, Selworthy Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 8HD
Received Not publishedHinkley Point C, Hinkley Point Power Station, Stogursey, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA5 1YA
Received Not publishedOutdoor Activity Centre Velvet Bottom Charterhouse Blagdon Cheddar Bristol BS40 7XR
Received Not publishedWilliton (Rydon) Landfill Site, Rydon Lane, WILLITON, Somerset, TA4 4DW
Received Not publishedLand at, South Road, Lympsham, Somerset
Received Not publishedWedmore County First School, Blackford Road, WEDMORE, Somerset, BS28 4BS
Received Not publishedColeman's Quarry Complex, Holwell, Nunney, Frome, Somerset, BA11 4PX
Received Not publishedNeroche Primary School, Broadway Road, Broadway, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 9RG
Received Not publishedParcroft Junior School, Summerleaze Park, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 2BP
Received Not publishedPen Mill Sewage Treatment Works, Sherborne Road, Yeovil, BA21 5BG
Received Not publishedBarwick & Stoford Primary School, Mill Lane, Barwick, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 9TH
Received Not publishedLand at Downslade Quarry, Downslade Lane, Upton, Long Sutton, Somerset, TA10 9NW
Received Not publishedChilton Trinity School, Chilton Street, BRIDGWATER, TA6 3JA
Received Not publishedCreech St Michael C E V C Primary School, Hyde Lane, Creech St Michael, TAUNTON, TA3 5QQ
Received Not publishedMoons Hill Quarry, Mendip Road, Stoke St Michael, Bath, BA3 5JU
Received Not published5 Barrows Road, Cheddar, Somerset, BS27 3AY
Received Not publishedS Roberts & Son (Bridgwater) Ltd, Spaxton Road Landfill, SPAXTON ROAD, BRIDGWATER, TA5 2NU
Received Not publishedHigh Ham Primary School, High Ham, Langport, Somerset, TA10 9BY
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Somerset Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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